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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
5
A vintage ad promotes practical gifts for Christmas with a focus on furs, handkerchiefs, towels, curtains, lace, shawls, leather purses, umbrellas, blankets, and novelties. Prices range from 25c to several dollars, urging shoppers to visit for a wide assortment and endless varieties.
If you find it a hard problem to decide what form your Xmas gift will take a visit to our store will dispel your perplexity. Here you will find innumerable things of combined beauty and usefulness that will make your gift more than ordinarily acceptable things that will last a lifetime and a continual source of pleasure.
A list of library and home furnishings including three makes Gunn Danner Globe Wernicke. Items cover tables book cases sofas couches tabourettes desks chairs rockers and related pieces. Also noted are cheval glasses shaving stands burnished buffets sideboards china closets plate racks and decorative items suitable for libraries and parlors.
The notice states that exact hour delivery cannot be promised for the last two or three days, but every piece will be delivered on the day agreed. All deliveries will be completed the night before or by noon on Christmas day.
A dense, garbled inventory of holiday postings and local shop chatter. Mentions Abbots, Mascatt's, Nairvin's, Holmer's, and C. N. Kenyon & Co's cash material store offering Christmas goods, monograms, jewelry, and toys. References to shopping events, sales, and community notices with scattered names and places.
Fragmented notice recounts a travel tale and local theater plans, mentioning Daniel Morrison, Graniteville, Central Vermont railway, St Albans, and Winetta etuly. It notes a December 20 annual meeting with refreshments, a lighting company, and a theatrical performance by Marie Ko Hwae at the opera house Thursday evening.
A. P. Abbott & Co promotes a large Dry Goods and Garments selection in Vermont. They advertise Christmas ribbons at last season low prices, one quarter below market, with ribbons at 4, 1/2 inch wide and a sale price of bic, plus fancy ribbons for collars and Merry Christmas ribbons for package tying.
Direct-from-maker neckwear offers latest styles with significant savings. Plain and Persian silk scarfs and Chinese silks priced from 50c to 1.00 per yard. long silk scarfs in plain, Persian, and Roman silk. shell hair ornaments and penny ribbons available. jeweled spell sets and boxes sold at 50c per spool.
Bargain prices on two lines of Knit Gloves with various sizes and colors, leather goods and shopping bags starting at 25c. Wholesale options priced at 3c per pair, travel cases and hand bags offered from 49c to 11.00 with some closeouts. Christmas shopping begins late and customers are asked to be patient while staff work to serve all requests.
Fragmented advertisement lines note a closing out sale of the A C Day stock with dates Sunday and Monday, December 2? and 2? and references to various items and sales terms. Also mentions funerals and opera house events with partial details. The text is garbled and unconfirmed.
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